Taylor Swift Donates More Than $2 Million to Charities For the Holidays

Taylor Swift is embracing the giving season!

The superstar, 36, donated $1 million to Feeding America and $1 million to the American Heart Association.

The “Karma” singer’s “contribution enables advancement of ongoing scientific research, stronger prevention and treatment efforts, and expanded access to life‑saving care for every community,” the American Heart Association said in a statement posted to social media on Tuesday, December 23. “We remain ‘Fearless’ in our relentless commitment to prevent heart disease and stroke.”

Her donation was in honor of her dad, Scott Swift, who underwent a quintuple bypass surgery earlier this year — after which his daughter moved in with him to help him recover.

“I’m like, this dude built play sets and swing sets and cribs for me. I’m building his shower chair and his walker, and his bed that goes like this,” she said on fiancé Travis Kelce‘s New Heights podcast in August. “And he was like the loveliest patient ever. He just kept saying thank you over and over again.”

Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot also posted a thank you note for the $1 million donation on the organization’s social media on December 23. “This holiday season, her continued support is a powerful reminder of what’s possible when we unite to end hunger,” Babineaux-Fontenot said in the statement.

Swift also made a “generous donation” to MusiCares, the organization revealed on social media on December 23, “which will help support our vital programs, resources, & financial assistance for the music community in need. It takes a village to bring the music fans love to life, and Taylor’s donation helps ensure that all music professionals, across genres and professions, don’t have to choose between a life in music and life-sustaining care.”